LENGUA EXTRANJERA ESCUELA 4-088 "MARIO CASALE" - LAS HERAS - MENDOZA

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1. Complete the sentences with the verbs.

1   My dad ________ in a hospital. (work)

2   You ________ karate at the weekends. (do)

3   Mrs. Williams ________ Geography. (teach)

4   I ________ breakfast at eight o’clock. (have)

5   My brother ________ swimming on Saturdays. (go)

6   My sister and I ________ up at seven o’clock. (get)

7   Hannah and Sarah ________ computer games in the afternoon. (play)

8   The music lesson ________ at ten o’clock. (start)

2. Complete the questions and short answers with do, does, don’t, or doesn’t.

1   ________ Mr Benson speak English?

     Yes, he ________.

2   ________ your parents like music?

     Yes, they ________.

3   ________ your aunt live in that house?

     No, she ________.

4   ________ you play computer games?

     No, I ________.

3. Complete the text with the correct form of the verb.

Use the present simple.

School days

On a typical day, my parents ....................... (get) up first.
They ....................... (get) up at seven. I usually ....................... (get) up at about seven thirty. I ....................... (have) breakfast, then I ....................... (walk) to school. Classes ....................... (start) at eight thirty. On Mondays and Wednesdays we ....................... (study) science. That’s my favourite subject. I always ....................... (have) lunch at school. There are classes in the afternoon. After school I usually ....................... (go) home, but I sometimes ....................... (go) to Julie’s house.

Weekends

I ....................... (love) Saturday mornings. There aren’t any lessons, so I usually ....................... (get) up at about nine o’clock. I never ....................... (watch) TV in the mornings. I ....................... (send) texts and read my emails. On Saturdays, I usually ....................... (go) out with my friends in the evening. We ....................... (go) to the cinema or to a party. On Sundays I ....................... (visit) my grandparents, and I ....................... (have) lunch at their house.

Sports and activities

My favourite sport is basketball. I’m in the school team. We ....................... (play) twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. We sometimes ....................... (play) other schools. We usually win! I ....................... (like) cycling, too, but I ....................... (not like) athletics. I ....................... (love) music. I ....................... (listen) to CDs every evening. And of course I ....................... (do) homework every evening, too!

4. Put the words in the correct order to form questions.

1. go to / does / in / the morning / school / Anna? ………………………………………………………….

2. where / at weekends / go / does / she? ……………………………………………………….

3. in / do / What / does / her / she / time / free? ………………………………………………....

4. Anna / on Saturdays / and / go to / the / do / cinema / Alex? ………………………………..

5. the evening / watch / do / you / TV / in? …………………………………………………………..

5. Rewrite these sentences with the adverb of frequency.

1. I eat vegetarian food. (often)

2. He drinks milk. (never)

3. You are busy. (always)

4. She is at home.( never)

5. I forget your telephone number. (sometimes).